The Main tab provides general information on an Transfer Order document.
Generally, Transfer Order records the request for moving inventory items from one base unit to another.
The required fields on this tab are: Source Warehouse, Destination Warehouse, Required Date, and Entity.

The "Transfer Order (create)" form. The Main tab
In the Source Warehouse field, you can select a warehouse or department from which the items will be transferred. It is selected from the[ Warehouses|D:\\pages
viewpage.action?pageId=106202416] and Departments lists. If, for the source, or destination, or both warehouses, the Separate Inventory and Financial Documents option is selected on the Warehouses > Master Data > Warehouses form, you can specify particular location.
The Cell field is available if the Enable Bin Locations option is selected on the Administration > Settings > Purchasing and Warehouses form and if the Use Bin Locations option is selected for the particular warehouse. Select the bin location (cell) in the warehouse structure which stores the items to be transferred.
In the Destination Warehouse field, select the warehouse or department, which is the destination for the items to be transferred.
The Cell field is available for the destination warehouse if the Use Bin Locations option is selected for the warehouse. Select the bin location in the warehouse structure which will store the transferred items. If you need to transfer items to multiple cells, you can move the Cell field to the Inventory tab where it will appear as a table column. For this, use the Settings button on the toolbar (for more information, see Document Toolbar).
You can view the status of the transfer order. To change the status manually, click the Change Status link to the right of Status. For details, refer to Transfer Order Statuses.
<Auto> in the Number field indicates that a number for this document is assigned automatically when you save the document. The From field is populated automatically with the current business date. You can select another date, if necessary.

The Customer Order field is populated automatically if the transfer order was created based on a customer order. If the transfer order includes items from multiple customer orders, you can move the Customer Order field from the Main tab as a column to the table on the Inventory tab. For this, use the Settings button on the toolbar (for more information, see Document Toolbar).
In the Entity field, select the legal entity of your company which is responsible for this transfer order. The Entity field is available if the Multi-Company Accounting option is selected on the Administration > Settings > General Settings form. The default entity for all users can be selected on the General Settings form. Also, you can specify your personal default entity, for details refer to Personal Settings.
The Basis field is populated automatically, if this transfer order was generated on the basis of a document of one of the following types: Customer Order, Invoice Received, Goods Receipt Note, Inventory Transfer, Production Order, or Requisition. If needed, you can manually select the basis document from the list of documents of these types (for this, click Show all from the drop-down list). Once the basis document is selected, the data is copied to this order. If, after you edited the document, you want to cancel the edits, click the Fill in button – the details from the basis document will be copied to the transfer order.
In the Comment text box, you can enter any additional information about this document.

The toolbar buttons

After filling out the tab, click the Save button to save your work. After filling out all the tabs, click Post to save and post the document without closing it or Post and close to save, post, and close the document.
Use the Generate button to create a document based on this transfer order.
Use the Settings button to change the position in document of the following objects: Cell, Customer Order, and Requisition.

For other button descriptions, see Document Toolbar.

The Related Links

The following links are available on the top of the form:

• Transfer Order Statuses: The link opens the History of Transfer Order Statuses form. On the form, you can view the history of status changes and change the current status of the order. For details refer to Transfer Order Statuses.